Director Shareholding

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
20 November 2002



                      J D Wetherspoon plc ('the Company')

The company advises that the following Directors' shareholdings have increased
as shown below as a result of their acceptance of the Scrip Dividend Alternative
payable on 29 November 2002.


Name                                                     Scrip Dividend            Shareholding as at 29
                                                       (No of New shares)                November 2002
                                                       



John Hutson                                                    391                        56,320
(Managing Director)




Nienke Hutson                                                   7                          1,072
(Wife to John Hutson, MD)




Jim Clarke                                                     93                         13,391
(Finance Director & Company Secretary)




Suzanne Baker                                                  168                        24,142
(Commercial Director)


Brian Jervis
(Non-Executive Director)                                       194                        33,374












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